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Part of the book series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, volume 488)
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''There is always a delightful sense of movement, vibration and life"". Theodore Robinson (1852-1896) "/ have never solved a major mechanical or interpretive problem at the keyboard. I have always solved it in my mind". Jorge Bolet (1914-1990) The idea of this book stems from the realization that scientists, not unlike laymen, should occasionally interrupt their regular work and reflect on the past, to see both the accomplishments and the drawbacks, so as to be able to plan for future research in the "proper" perspective. But an inquisitive reader may ask: Can one really document in any field, let alone mechanical vibrations (whose very name signifies change), ''where do we stand"? Did not a Greek philosopher famously claim that one cannot enter a river twice? Another, on an even more sophisticated note, added that actually it is impossible to enter a river even once! For in the process of entering, both entrant and river change. Likewise, one can argue that it is nearly impossible to answer the question posed in the title of this volume. But experience shows, despite the sage observations of the philosophers, that one does enter a river, lake, sea, or ocean. Likewise, scientists do stop (if not for a minute, for a conference) to reflect on the past, and if not in its detail, then at least in big strokes on various topics presented by the participants; questions by the listeners often change the research direction of the presenter.
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
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Isaac Elishakoff, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mechanical Vibration: Where Do We Stand?
Editors: Isaac Elishakoff
Series Title: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-70963-4
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: CISM Udine 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-211-68586-0Published: 20 December 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-211-99894-6Published: 09 February 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-211-70963-4Published: 12 December 2007
Series ISSN: 0254-1971
Series E-ISSN: 2309-3706
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 488
Topics: Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Computational Intelligence, Machinery and Machine Elements, Complex Systems, Simulation and Modeling, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems